Example sentences of "hoped for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 2 | Commander Michael Porter , Tory chairman of the council 's education committee , said he had hoped for a decision that would ‘ provide us with a way to achieve the best possible education for pupils in south Reading , allowing us to set up a super new school designed for the demands of the 21st century , and a sixth form college . ’ |
| 3 | After a lousy annual meeting and a lousy result against Crystal Palace , Alex Ferguson might reasonably have hoped for a change of fortune . |
| 4 | She had hoped for a while that Seth could straighten Joey out . |
| 5 | She had hoped for a new freedom , but had found a trap . |
| 6 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 7 | From there he had got into Trinity College , and now hoped for a career in the Civil Service . |
| 8 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 9 | Dr Owen 's decision to support tactical voting for some Liberal Democrat candidates will surprise senior Conservatives , who had hoped for a simple message of support for Mr Major . |
| 10 | Theoretically his presidency must end in 1852 , but it was already evident that the Prince hoped for a second term of office , to which end he began to organize a campaign to drum up sufficient popular support for this to become possible . |
| 11 | Ireland had hoped for a three-day match but this was not possible . |
| 12 | But Winnie , in all , though glad he was sick , that he had not jilted her , would have much preferred a broken leg — she had hoped for a broken leg — than the way he was , like those newsreel horrors : Hitler 's Jews , like something out of Belsen . |
| 13 | They had both hoped for a classic siege manoeuvre : a complete blockade of supplies , followed when the city was weak by an assault over ditches infilled by themselves , and preceded by feints , night attacks and heavy bombardment . |
| 14 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 16 | But it was on days like these that one longed for a friend , hoped for a caller . |
| 17 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 18 | After forcing Gooch to eat his words by winning an England recall this summer and passing Geoff Boycott 's Test runs record , Gower had hoped for a late honeymoon in India . |
| 19 | Meticulous Jeff had hoped for a fine , calm evening — but it was misty and windy . |
| 20 | In 1960 EFTA still hoped for a multilateral solution , within the ambit of the OECD , to the economic differences between the two organisations . |
| 21 | Greece had hoped for a more favourable frontier with Turkey ; she got some of what she wanted in 1881 . |
| 22 | Before the election many UN officials had privately hoped for a close result . |
| 23 | Some had hoped for a change of emphasis . |
| 24 | Reagan had also hoped for a ‘ clean ’ bill , one that was not adorned with ‘ ornaments ’ — in other words , concessions made to facilitate passage . |
| 25 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 26 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 27 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 28 | It was clear that the Adjudicator had hoped for a more detailed explanation . |
| 29 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 30 | The partisans too hoped for a quick end . |